Friday, September 21, 2012

This week’s Friday’s Newsflash
will be packed with information for us travel junkies.

The first one being that Air Asia
is having its Free Seat promotion. It’s not exactly smoking hot news as most of
you should know about it. Domestic flights from Kuala Lumpur begin an all-inclusive fare of
RM 26 while international flights are from RM 56 onwards. Booking period is
from 18 to 23 September 2012 with international flights open for booking from
20 to 23 September 2012. Travel period is from 1 April to 30 September 2013.

To be frank, this Free Seat
promotion is nothing to shout about. Yes, it is cheaper than the normal fare
but not as cheap as the old days. I mean, flying to Kota Kinabalu takes more
than RM 100 for return ticket? Last year, I managed to secure a return ticket
at RM 40 plus for this year’s April (though I ended up burning the ticket).

As for the international
destinations, flying to Semarang
takes more than RM 200 for return trips? I went there with their launching
price at around RM 176 for return ticket. All in all, cheap, but not THAT
cheap. However, I’m still a sucker for it since I’m planning to fly somewhere
around that time frame.

The second news of the day is the
Virtual Travel Fair 2012 that is going on at the moment. Starting from 7
September to 30 September 2012, you can hunt for the perfect travel package
that you have been waiting for. With both domestic and international travel
packages to choose from, you will be spoilt for choices.

Besides that, Macau Tourism
Office is sponsoring a 3D/2N trip for two worth RM 3,000 for one lucky person.
All you have to do to win that fantastic prize is to just count the number of
SOTA logos in the picture and create a creative slogan. That’s all and you are
on your way to winning an amazing trip.

For more information regarding
the contest or the travel packages, click here.